A woman who vanished a year and half ago has been found dead amid heavy clutter in a $1.2 million home near Boston where she lived with her sister.

A visiting cousin found the significantly decomposed body of 67-year-old Hope Wheaton in the kitchen of her Brookline, Massachusetts, home last month, according to the Boston Globe.

The Norfolk District Attorney's Office suggested she could have died in the summer of 2015 - meaning her sister likely lived with the body for more than 18 months.

Hope Wheaton, who vanished a year and half ago has been found dead in her $1.2 million home (pictured) near Boston where she lived with her sister, Lynda Waldman. Authorities said the condition of Wheaton's body aligned with a report that she died in the summer of 2015

Officials say her body showed no clear signs of trauma or foul play. The medical examiner hasn't released a cause of death.

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The siblings' home (pictured) was built in 1920, and is listed in 'fair' condition, according to property records. But Allen said the home is in 'total disrepair' and that all of the home's windows have 'been covered up completely. Authorities said the investigation is ongoing

The siblings' home was built in 1920, and is listed in 'fair' condition, according to the town's most recent property records.

But Allen told the Globe that the home is in 'total disrepair', adding that all of the home's windows have 'been covered up completely'.

Allen also said that she knew Wheaton did some computer work from home.

Wheaton's relatives, including Waldman, couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

David Traub, a spokesman for Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey, told the Globe that the office doesn't have 'evidence of wrongdoing at this point'.

'We don’t have evidence of foul play,' he said. Authorities said the investigation is ongoing.